矛 (máo) means Spear (lance). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的话前后 矛 盾。
Tā de huà qiánhòu máodùn.
What he said contradicts itself.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 矛盾
他们之间有一些 矛 盾。
Tāmen zhījiān yǒu yìxiē máodùn.
There is some conflict between them.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 矛盾
误解使 矛 盾进一步加剧。
Wùjiě shǐ máodùn jìnyíbù jiājù.
The misunderstanding further intensified the conflict.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 加剧
双方的 矛 盾越来越尖锐。
Shuāngfāng de máodùn yuè lái yuè jiānruì.
The conflict between the two sides grew ever sharper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尖锐
他试图调和双方的 矛 盾。
Tā shìtú tiáohé shuāngfāng de máodùn.
He tried to reconcile the differences between the two sides.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 调和
不要把小问题放大成大 矛 盾。
Bú yào bǎ xiǎo wèntí fàngdà chéng dà máodùn.
Don't blow a small problem up into a big conflict.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 放大
内部 矛 盾瓦解了他们的团队。
Nèibù máodùn wǎjiě le tāmen de tuánduì.
Internal conflict broke up their team.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 瓦解
一场小争论演变成了大 矛 盾。
Yì chǎng xiǎo zhēnglùn yǎnbiàn chéng le dà máodùn.
A small argument developed into a serious conflict.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 演变
用报复解决问题，只会让 矛 盾更深。
Yòng bàofu jiějué wèntí, zhǐ huì ràng máodùn gèng shēn.
Settling problems by retaliation only deepens the conflict.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 报复
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Words that contain 矛
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How is 矛 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 矛 (máo, "Spear (lance)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 矛 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 矛 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 矛?
The dictionary page for 矛 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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